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"NCIS": Ziva-isms Trivia Quiz

This quiz is all about Ziva's errors in the English language. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by TRNchick. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
TRNchick

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
318,906

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3396

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

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Question 1 of 10

1. We Americans refer to an impossible task as "like trying to find a needle in a haystack." According to Ziva, what are you looking for in that haystack? Hint

a pin

a thumbtack

a paperclip

a staple

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the states, we call someone who repeats themselves a "broken record". What does Ziva call this type of person? Hint

a broken record (she got this one right)

a broken tape

a broken CD

a broken album

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Question 3 of 10

3. When our cell phones have no service, the phone is "barless". What does Ziva say about her phone when she and Tony were locked in the shipping container? Hint

its braless

its barnone

its dead

its barbaric

4. After Gibbs corrects McGee's initial assumptions about a crime scene, Ziva tries to tell McGee that his crime scene skills are getting a bit rusty. Instead of calling his skills rusty, what does she call them? Hint

musty

dusty

lusty

busty

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Question 5 of 10

5. To us, two gangs fighting over their territory is called a turf war. What type of war did Ziva call it? Hint

an earth war

a smurf war

a nerf war

a perm war

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Question 6 of 10

6. When someone is in deep trouble, we say that "their goose is cooked". What did Ziva tell Tony when he was late to work? Hint

Your goose is boiled!

Your goose is burned!

Your goose is raw!

Your goose is fried!

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Question 7 of 10

7. Things that rarely happen occur "once in a blue moon". What was Ziva's version of this expression? Hint

once in a blue suede shoe

once in a blue lagoon

once in a full moon

once in a yellow moon

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Question 8 of 10

8. A task that is incredibly easy is said to be like "shooting fish in a barrel". According to Ziva, where are the fish shot? Hint

in the ocean

in a can

in a bottle

in a pond

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Question 9 of 10

9. When someone can't see the obvious, they "can't see the forest for the trees". What is Ziva's version of this idiom? Hint

can't see the lawn for the grass

can't see the jungle through the vines

can't see the forest through the brush

can't see the jungle through the ferns

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Question 10 of 10

10. I know you've heard "if the shoe fits". What was Ziva's version? Hint

if the mess stinks

if the rain falls

if the glue sticks

if the shoe kicks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We Americans refer to an impossible task as "like trying to find a needle in a haystack." According to Ziva, what are you looking for in that haystack?

Answer: a pin

This Ziva-ism is from the episode "Ravenous". She is describing the odds of finding a trained outdoorsman in all of the state park. After Tony corrects her, she argues that a pin would be equally hard to find in a haystack.

2. In the states, we call someone who repeats themselves a "broken record". What does Ziva call this type of person?

Answer: a broken tape

She calls Gibbs a broken tape in "Kill Ari Part 2". Tony quickly corrects her saying "broken record".

3. When our cell phones have no service, the phone is "barless". What does Ziva say about her phone when she and Tony were locked in the shipping container?

Answer: its braless

In the episode "Boxed In", Tony and Ziva are trying to get a cell phone signal to call for help from inside the box. When Tony asks Ziva about her phone, she says it's braless. Tony agrees. (Meaning Ziva, not the phone.) He, as usual, corrects her.

Answer: dusty

This Ziva-ism is from "Agent Afloat". Before this investigation, McGee had been working with the cyber crimes unit in the basement of the NCIS building. When Director Vance moved him to that department, he no longer had the opportunity to work crime scenes. The investigation in "Agent Afloat" was one of the first crime scenes McGee has gotten to work since being back on Gibbs' team.

5. To us, two gangs fighting over their territory is called a turf war. What type of war did Ziva call it?

Answer: a smurf war

This Ziva-ism is from the season 6 episode "Deliverance" and, as usual, Tony corrects her. In this episode, Tony and Ziva investigate 2 rival gangs after a former gang member turned marine is murdered.

6. When someone is in deep trouble, we say that "their goose is cooked". What did Ziva tell Tony when he was late to work?

Answer: Your goose is fried!

Ziva says this to Tony in the season 5 episode "Stakeout". He, of course, corrects her. She then proceeds to call him an idiot.

7. Things that rarely happen occur "once in a blue moon". What was Ziva's version of this expression?

Answer: once in a blue lagoon

During the season 5 episode "Internal Affairs", FBI Agent Fornell asks Ziva how often she is misunderstood. Her reply is "once in a blue lagoon". Fornell decides he'll be able to translate.

8. A task that is incredibly easy is said to be like "shooting fish in a barrel". According to Ziva, where are the fish shot?

Answer: in a pond

This Ziva-ism is from the season 4 episode "Friends and Lovers". As Gibbs interrogates some drug addicts, Ziva tells Tony that interrogating junkies is like shooting fish in a pond. After Tony corrects her, she asks, "Why would fish be in a barrel?"

9. When someone can't see the obvious, they "can't see the forest for the trees". What is Ziva's version of this idiom?

Answer: can't see the jungle through the ferns

During the season 3 episode "Deception", Abby is trying to find an icon on a laptop. McGee points out that she's staring right at it. Ziva tries to console hr by saying, "Some times it's hard to see the jungle through the ferns".

10. I know you've heard "if the shoe fits". What was Ziva's version?

Answer: if the glue sticks

This one's from the season 3 episode "Head Case". For once, it's not Tony that corrects Ziva. This time it was McGee!

Source: Author TRNchick

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